Concerto for Orchestra
composer: Sir Michael Tippett
Dedication: To Benjamin Britten with affection and admiration in the year of his fiftieth birthday
Premiere: August 5, 1963 Edinburgh, Usher Hall (UK) Edinburgh International Festival 1963 · Conductor: Sir Colin Davis · London Symphony Orchestra
August 28, 1963 Edinburgh (UK) Edinburgh Festival · Conductor: C. Davis · London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra instrumentation: 2.1.ca.1.bcl.1.cbsn-3.2.2.1-timp.3perc(xyl, cym, tri, tam-t, s.d, b.d, ten d, wdbl)-hp.pno-str(6.0.4.5.4 minimum)
Publisher: Schott Music Ltd., London
Duration: 31' 0''
Year of composition: 1962/1963
Edition: performance material
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